Thread: Pier fishing got nuthin on these guys...

Standing Room Only for the Opening of Missouri's Trout Season

Lived in Virginia for 10 years- same deal there before they changed regs

That looks so exciting I'll probably get constipated, just thinking about it.

I didn't know there were that many trout. I bet more fisherman got hooked than fish.

Looks like the stream in California I fished back when in the service. Everybody standing around with no fish in the stream all of a sudden a hatchery truck pulls up and runs a 5 gallon bucket of fish out of the tank dumps them in the stream and now everybody starts fishing. Made me and my buddy sick we got the heck out of there.

I'm supposed to be going with my family to vacation at one of our SiL's in Eastern PA.
She has a cabin on a beautiful, heavily wooded trout stream.
Supposed to go at the end of May, water should still be cold and holding hungry fish.

Of course I've no clue what I'm doing when it comes to such fishing.
Anyone care to give me some pointers on targeting them with ultralite spinning gear?
I've a UL 6' 2pc St. Croix Premiere, with a Penn 4300SS and spooled with 4#.

Wet flies, Mepps spinners, cranks/jigs, livebait?
Strike indicator?
Techniques?

that probably feels like fishing a head boat on some days.

Originally Posted by ChileRelleno

I'm supposed to be going with my family to vacation at one of our SiL's in Eastern PA.
She has a cabin on a beautiful, heavily wooded trout stream.
Supposed to go at the end of May, water should still be cold and holding hungry fish.

Of course I've no clue what I'm doing when it comes to such fishing.
Anyone care to give me some pointers on targeting them with ultralite spinning gear?
I've a UL 6' 2pc St. Croix Premiere, with a Penn 4300SS and spooled with 4#.

Wet flies, Mepps spinners, cranks/jigs, livebait?
Strike indicator?
Techniques?

Smaller size bubble floats were originally designed to cast tiny trout flies on UL spinning gear.

Sorry Chile, the only place that I have fished trout East of the Miss. has been in WS. I have fished trout in Alaska, Canada, all over the Midwest and West. Trout being what they are, you must go with the flow. In other words, fish up stream and let the bait flow naturally down to the trout. Crawlers will work the best, but like the Gulf, do what the locals do. Crawlers will work with your ultra light, but use very little weight, if any, depending on the depth of the water. If you are spin fishing a lure down stream, retrieve it fast enough to keep the lure working. If you are fishing a big pool in the stream you may quarter the bait. Trout are normally in shallow water and must have structure (trees) to protect them from the birds and hawks above. Don't waste your time fishing trout in the "flat water" but fish the seams in the rapids. Trout may be in as little as 6" of water as long as there is a rock to hide behind in a rapids. A trout normally will not be in a fast moving rapids because they waste to much energy but in the seams and the lower part of the rapids. 90% of a trout's food comes from the bottom of the stream, so that is where they will be but they are always looking for something that may be floating or swimming around them. Good luck and keep a tight line. Let us know how you do.

Originally Posted by ChileRelleno

I'm supposed to be going with my family to vacation at one of our SiL's in Eastern PA.
She has a cabin on a beautiful, heavily wooded trout stream.
Supposed to go at the end of May, water should still be cold and holding hungry fish.

Of course I've no clue what I'm doing when it comes to such fishing.
Anyone care to give me some pointers on targeting them with ultralite spinning gear?
I've a UL 6' 2pc St. Croix Premiere, with a Penn 4300SS and spooled with 4#.

Wet flies, Mepps spinners, cranks/jigs, livebait?
Strike indicator?
Techniques?

I grew up trout fishing in northeast PA.
Small Mepps & Panther Martin spinners are good.
But I mainly liked to fish small wigglers and salmon eggs too. Small hooks, #6 or #8, no weight or smallest split shot you can get by with. Trout will be in ripples, in eddies and little pools. Learning to read the stream is the trickiest part, you will be surprised how small an eddie they will hang in.
Take some hip waders, the water will be cold.
Make sure to check the regs in the stream you will fish, many are artificial or c/r only or have trophy rules.,